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If you have a few quid in the bank and like to break speed limits you would be well advised to avoid Switzerland where a motorist, driving a Mercedes SLS- AMG has been landed with an eye watering fine of £538,000. Yep it’s true, he was finally clocked doing 186 mph on the A12. I say finally as most speed traps that he passed have a limit of 125 miles per hour. The 37 year old was doing more than twice the legal limit. Read more »

Just as all our attention is being given to the new electric car initiative, now backed by the Coalition Government it seems that biofuels may be back on the agenda. For those that are unsure biofuels are a mixture of petrol and sustainable ethanol. The standard was known as E85 which means the mixture is 85% ethanol and 15% petrol. When it was being introduced it was at a time when we had massive grain mountains Read more »

Leading road safety charity BRAKE has warned companies about the dangers of sleep apnoea which can cause drivers to fall asleep at the wheel. Research has shown that as many as 700,000 people may suffer this condition. Brake is calling on the Government to provide funds to enable them to publicise the dangers and how to identify the condition. Brake said that they want to see screening introduced before Read more »

Graham Hill’s in depth review of a new car this week is of the latest Morgan. Yep they are still being made and boy you should see the latest coupe design. They have certainly moved on from the days when the car was built with a wooden chassis. They have continued the old style of having a +2 four seater. The new model is called an Eva GT and comes with a bonded aluminium chassis so no worries about woodworm Read more »

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According to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) around half of vans on UK roads fail spot safety checks suggesting that van fleets are wilfully disregarding mechanical defects and ignoring the need for regular maintenance checks. Their findings show that van fleet offences now exceed those of HGV’s and PSV’s. More than half of the 21,000 vans checked last year uncovered mechanical defects compared Read more »

This week’s gadget of the week is for those that rely on their mobile phones but have a habit of dashing out without it and realising half way to their destination that they are without their precious phone. The device called a Bringrr links in with the phone through a Bluetooth connection whilst connected to the car’s lighter socket. When you turn on the ignition the Bringrr searches for the phone, if it finds it the Read more »

Auto Express have announced their New Car awards for 2010. Over 47 pages they have listed all their major award winners. The overall car was a bit of a shock as it was the Skoda Yeti.  Some of the more interesting best cars were as follows:  Read more »

Volvo are about to move the breathalyzer onto another level. They currently have a system called the Alcoguard breathalyser whereby you have to blow into it and be below the legal limit before you are able to start the car. The new system relies upon the driver’s sweat to monitor the level of alcohol in the system. The newly developed system is still at an early stage but Chris Wailes of Volvo said that the new technology Read more »

The Graham Hill in depth car review this week is of a new Peugeot. Many years ago a certain car outsold its direct competitor, the VW Golf, through its looks and performance whilst making me a lot of money at the same time. The car was the Peugeot 205 GTi. It was a hugely popular car so when it disappeared it was a sad day but it looks like it’s back in the guise of an updated 208 with the old GTi badge attached. Read more »